amaotonovel Chapter 165 The truth comes out
Chapter 165 The truth comes out
On January 8th, Li Chenglong, via his Crystal Computer and Crystal Mobile Phone, summoned all ministers and deputy ministers of Dawn City, along with battalion commanders and officers of the Dawn Army, to a meeting in the VIP conference room on the eighth floor of Dawn City. Everyone arrived by 8:30 AM. In addition to them, Li Xue and Han Xiaoling also attended the meeting as operators of the central computer room. Last night, Li Chenglong and Yun Lan discussed the matter at length and also had a conversation with the artificial intelligence in the central computer room. Only then did they decide to reveal some previously hidden intelligence to the high-ranking officials of Dawn City and the Dawn Army.
Everyone was present today, even Yunlan, who had been keeping a low profile lately. Li Chenglong stood up and gestured for the crowd to be quiet. He then sat down and spoke into the microphone: "I invited everyone here today to give you a heads-up. I'd like to share some confidential information that Yunlan and I know. Please keep this a secret and don't tell anyone below or the ordinary people of Dawn City for now."
The audience exchanged puzzled glances, wondering what Li Chenglong was trying to say, and why he was being so mysterious. However, Li Xue and Han Xiaoling roughly knew what their brother was going to say. During their interactions with Erica, they had learned some things, especially Li Xue.
Li Chenglong said, "Let me briefly explain. First, let's talk about the origin of this zombie virus. Many people know that it broke out from many spheres that flew down from the sky. But you probably don't know where those spheres came from. The zombie virus did indeed come from the sky, not only from the sky, but also from space. To be precise, it was released by aliens. According to the information Erica gave us, the alien alliance is currently mainly composed of Kiel aliens and Dane aliens."
Li Chenglong's words stirred up a storm, and the scene immediately became agitated. After a while, Zhao Rui stood up and said, "Lord, this isn't some science fiction movie, so why are you bringing up aliens?" Li Chenglong replied, "There were no superpowers or psionic abilities before. I know everyone is shocked, but this is indeed true. Many of you here should have seen Erica, right? She is also an alien."
Qin Fangyu suddenly realized, "I knew it! How could there be humans with naturally blue hair? That girl was an alien!" Yun Lan continued, "I know many people don't believe it, but think about it. If it were done by people on Earth, how could there be a zombie virus all over the world? How do you explain the many incredibly powerful warrior zombies we had at the beginning, and then that giant beast over ten meters long, like Godzilla? And within days of our zombie virus outbreak, all our satellites were destroyed. Is that something we humans can do right now?"
Yunlan's series of questions left many people speechless. Upon reflection, it seemed to make sense; if these things weren't done by aliens, then it truly couldn't explain everything. Yunlan then asked Han Xiaoling to turn off the lights and draw the curtains. Next, she turned on the projector, which displayed photos and video materials. These were things Erica had left for Li Chenglong and Yunlan.
Fifteen minutes later, the projector finished playing the video, and everyone present was speechless. After a long while, Wu Gang slowly said, "Could they really be aliens? What do they want to do to us?"
Li Chenglong said solemnly, "According to the intelligence we have, the aliens want to use us Earthlings as slaves, and they want to occupy our Earth as their new home. Before our Earth, they had already occupied several planets, and now they have set their sights on Earth. Because there are too many of us humans, they have come up with the idea of using the Z-virus zombie virus to reduce our numbers."
At this moment, Liu Qingqing stood up and said, "The aliens are so powerful, can we fight them? I wonder if we can resolve this through negotiation?" Zheng Aiguo immediately replied, "Their technology is far ahead of ours. In their eyes, we are probably like animals. Do you think they would negotiate with us? Besides, if they had the intention to negotiate from the beginning, they wouldn't have spread the zombie virus right away."
Li Chenglong gestured for everyone to be quiet and continued, "Currently, one of the alien warships is stationed on the moon. Because the shielding is activated, we cannot see it. They will awaken in six months and begin their invasion of Earth. A year later, the main force of the alien coalition will arrive on Earth. Conservatively estimated, there will be tens of millions of them. You haven't seen the Kiel aliens yet, but many of you have probably seen the Dane aliens—the fish-men we fought before."
Upon hearing such a large number, a heated discussion immediately erupted from the audience. Finally, Wei Lanxin spoke first: "City Lord, although I haven't seen them with my own eyes, I've heard from others how terrifying the merfolk are. Back then, when City Lord Li was level 6, he fought desperately to kill one, and then killed three more at the port. With such a powerful enemy numbering in the tens of millions, how can we possibly win?"
Li Chenglong nodded and gestured to Yang Liu, who stood up and said, "Everyone, there's no need to be too pessimistic. The fishmen we encountered at the port were much weaker than the one Li Chenglong fought before. If we're talking about ability users, they're equivalent to a level 5 ability user with higher attributes. Our team was caught off guard, and because we were low-level and encountered three at once, we suffered losses." After hearing Yang Liu's explanation, everyone felt a little more at ease.
Yunlan continued, "Whether it's the Kiel aliens or the Dane aliens, they also have levels, just like us superhumans or awakened beings. And the biggest advantage we Earthlings have is that we level up much faster than them. You may not know this, but whether it's the Dane aliens, the Kiel aliens, or Miss Erica's planet Meral, although they have more superhumans and awakened beings than we do, their leveling up is far slower than ours. According to Miss Erica, it takes about 10 years for a superhuman on their planet to level up from level 1 to level 8, while Lord Li reached level 8 last September, in less than a year."
Next, Li Chenglong shared a lot of knowledge about aliens and superhumans with them. To prevent them from misunderstanding, he suggested that they ask questions, which he would then answer. The ministers of each department and the Dawn Army raised their questions one after another, and Li Chenglong and Yunlan answered them one by one.
Finally, Li Chenglong said, "To summarize, the purpose of today's meeting is to tell you all this information. I hope you will not be intimidated by the strength of the enemy. Our hope is still very high, and Miss Erica will also help us. After Dawn City reaches level three, we will be able to unlock combat equipment such as interstellar warships and land-based mechs. I still hope that all departments and everyone in the Dawn Army can work together to accelerate the construction of our Dawn City."
However, what Li Chenglong didn't mention was that a single interstellar warship requires 5 level 11 crystals, and a land-based mech requires 5 level 9 crystals, both of which are extremely difficult to obtain. Besides these, there are also the Dawn City automatic cannons, crystal motherships, and crystal fighters. Only the automatic cannons are relatively cheap, but even they require one purple crystal to exchange for. However, that's a story for later, because upgrading Dawn City now requires 10 level 9 crystals and 20 level 8 crystals. In addition, one of the bound personnel must reach level 10. Currently, Li Chenglong only has two purple crystals, and this time he only has level 8 crystals.
After the meeting adjourned, the department heads did not leave. Instead, they continued their discussions. Li Chenglong then summoned the regimental commanders, deputy commanders, and political commissars of each regiment to his office. He had discussed many things that day, and they were quite shocking. He emphasized that if the Dawn Army experienced morale problems, it would severely impact their combat capabilities.
Upon entering, Li Chenglong asked everyone to sit down, and then Wang Xiao poured water for everyone. Li Chenglong smiled and said, "How was it? Were you scared today?" Zheng Yong shook his head with a wry smile, "Not scared, just extremely shocked." Yun Lan said, "Actually, we were also shocked when we first found out, and even a little desperate. But after we actually fought them, we realized that they were not so indestructible, and could be killed."
Wu Gang then asked, "Commander, what level was that retreating fishman during the Battle of Langley, and what level among the Dane aliens would it be equivalent to?" Li Chenglong replied, "That one was already at the level of a battalion commander. According to Erica, the Dane aliens sent a battalion to our Earth in the early stages. The battalion commander was level 10, which is equivalent to our battalion commander. The Dane aliens' ordinary soldiers are generally at level 5 to 6, and squad leaders are at level 7 to 8."
Zheng Aiguo and Hao Dahai exchanged glances: "We can easily handle ordinary soldiers, but we don't know how easy it will be to fight a squad leader." Zhao Gang said, "A squad leader should be like the one that attacked Dawn City." Qi Guoan was a little surprised: "That's strong." Wei Lanxin said, "Now that we are all level seven ability users, if one person can't beat him, then several of us will gang up on him. There's always a way."
Recently, several veteran Level 6 ability users have grown to Level 7, and there are currently 20 Level 7 users in Dawn City alone. Yunlan also secretly vowed to level up as soon as she gave birth. In fact, she had already accumulated enough experience points, but because of her pregnancy, she hadn't dared to level up.
Li Chenglong concluded, "New Year's Day is over, it's time for us to focus on development. In a few days, we'll begin expansion, focusing all our efforts on leveling up and accumulating crystals to prepare for the battles six months to a year from now." "Yes!" Everyone saluted in unison before leaving.